GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 662780
Does not always show correct online status
Last modified: 2014-11-07 18:32:59 UTC
Created attachment 200039 [details] Screenshot Sometimes the user menu (top right) displays the "unavailable" status icon in front of the user name but still you are online, as shown in the screenshot. gnome-shell 3.2.1 empathy 3.2.1.1 telepathy-butterfly 0.5.15 telepathy-glib 0.16.0 telepathy-mission-control 5.9.3 telepathy-gabble 0.12.7
Hi Michael, does this still happen in 3.6?
I see this every time when resuming from lock screen, for example. Gnome-shell 3.6.3.
(In reply to comment #1) > Hi Michael, does this still happen in 3.6? Sorry for the delay, I updated to 3.6 in december (Fedora 18 Beta) and can say that this problem got a LOT worse than in previous versions. I think Atri is right with his comment.
This seems to be a more general issue with items in the gnome-shell top bar: even the wifi icon sometimes "gets stuck" on showing the Connecting icon even when the wireless has already connected. In both cases, i.e. for the wireless icon as well as for the status icon, reloading gnome-shell causes the correct icon to show up.
Atri: what version are you using?
Hm, forget that question. Also see bug 676285 about the network indicator problem.
Same thing here, with gnome-shell 3.8.3. I can consistently reproduce the bug following atri's comment, i.e. lock the screen and unlock. To reset the status reported by the shell to "online", I need to go offline in empathy and go back online. After this, gnome-shell will report the status as online. After locking the screen, the shell will then again reset to "offline".
If the NEEDINFO status is still current then would a dev kindly provide pointers on the kind of information needed in this case before considering the issue confirmed?
Please change the status to "new" or "confirmed". This bug report doesn't need infos.
I confirm this bug (gnome-shell 3.8.4, gentoo).
It seems that the bug is caused by patch from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691987 which is used by gentoo in gnome-base/gnome-shell-3.8.4 ebuild. Removing that patch fixes the problem.
(In reply to comment #11) > It seems that the bug is caused by patch from > > https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=691987 This bug predates that patch by more than a year, so no.
Sorry, the last comment was wrong: I have reproduced the problem again.
OK, I have investigated this more deeply. The problem is caused by some gnome-shell extensions. If I disable all extensions then the bug disappear. Enabling any extension from the list https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/541/nvidia-gpu-temperature-indicator/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/82/cpu-temperature-indicator/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/120/system-monitor/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/82/cpu-temperature-indicator/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/613/weather/ breaks the gnome-shell again.
Created attachment 256876 [details] [review] patch that fixes the bug for me The patch somehow fixes the problem
This is for 3.8.4
The user menu is completely gone since 3.10.